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Since the state comptroller battle started in earnest, a number of Assembly Democrats have pronounced Bill Mulrow “DOA” as a result of his ties to Gov. Eliot Spitzer. So, mindful of the fact that the last thing the Assembly Democrats want to do at the moment is a favor for the governor, Mulrow has repeatedly […] More »

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Republican 7th SD candidate Maureen O’Connell has taken out ads in two Long Island weeklies in which she endorses Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli, D-Great Neck, for state comptroller and calls on her Democratic opponent, Craig Johnson, to do the same. The ad […] More »

The Assembly Democrats just ended their second conference of theÂ day, and apparently reached no consensus onÂ what they’ll doÂ about picking a new state comptroller. They still seem toÂ be leaning towardÂ selecting from within theirÂ own ranks and not from among the screening panel’s three candidates. But they haven’t pulled the trigger yet. Meanwhile, the Assembly Republicans say they’ve […] More »

Ed Koch, 2004 National GOP Convention Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, who ended a string of GOP gubernatorial endorsements by backing Democrat Eliot Spitzer last year, says he continues to be a big supporter of the new governor, but is nevertheless siding with the state Legislature when it comes to picking the next state comptroller. […] More »

Ed Koch, 2004 National GOP Convention Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, who ended a string of GOP gubernatorial endorsements by backing Democrat Eliot Spitzer last year, says he continues to be a big supporter of the new governor, but is nevertheless siding with the state Legislature when it comes to picking the next state comptroller. […] More »

The Assembly Democrats have returned to their closed-door, members-only conference at which they will continue their discussion about the state comptroller contest. According to one majority member, 28 Democrats spoke during today’s first conference, and not one of them advocated for sticking to the screening panel’s three-candidate list. Twenty-five more members have signed up to […] More »

The Assembly Democrats held a “members only” conference from about 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. this afternoon during which, according to participants, there was much venting but no agreement as to the next move in their state comptroller chess match with Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli, D-Great Neck, one of the four remaining Assembly […] More »

Asked today whose side he’s on when it comes to picking a new state comptroller, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, was uncharacteristically circumspect.Â “That’s a matter of discussion, and there’s public discussions, and we’re talking about that and going to continue talking about it,” Bruno said. When pressed about whether he thinks the Legislature […] More »

The New York Times editorialized today about the state comptroller contest, siding with Gov. Eliot Spitzer over the question of whether the Legislature much pick from the panel’s three candidates and endorsing Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman. “Of the three recommendations, Mr. Weitzman is clearly the best fit,” the Times opined. “As Nassauâ€™s comptroller, and […] More »

Assemblyman Thomas DiNapoli, D-Great Neck, Â is the third of the four legislative candidates for state comptroller to personally confirm that he considers himself still in the running for that post. “Until somebody’s selected, I think the answer is ‘yes,’” DiNapoli said when I asked if he was still in the mix. “It’s not over. Tuesday […] More »

Here’s an excerpt U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’sÂ conversation withÂ WNBC’s Gabe Pressman (to air in full on Sunday) in which the senatorÂ urgesÂ his longtime friend and ally, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan; andÂ Gov.Â Eliot Spitzer, his onetime potential primary opponent, not to have “open warfare” over who should be the next state comptroller. Â Charles Schumer- I think they’ll […] More »

Given Ned Regan’s comments this morning that one of the reasons the independent screening panel didn’t include any Assembly members on their list was because they “never managed anything big,” I thought a brief look at the bios of the three panelists – all former comptrollers themselves – would be in order. Regan, a Republican, […] More »

Assembly Joe Morelle, D-Rochester, one of five Assembly members who interviewed for the state comptroller job earlier this week, just released the following statement: “The Legislature volunteered to be guided by outside advisors with the goal of creating a fair and open process to elect the next State Comptroller. If it turns out that those […] More »

Assembly Joe Morelle, D-Rochester, one of five Assembly members who interviewed for the state comptroller job earlier this week, just released the following statement: “The Legislature volunteered to be guided by outside advisors with the goal of creating a fair and open process to elect the next State Comptroller. If it turns out that those […] More »

An astute observer wrote in to note that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, learned over the last 24 hours he lost/will loseÂ two of his 108-member conference: John Lavelle andÂ Alexander “Pete” Grannis. Half of 212 (the number of seats in the state Legislature) is 106. According to Silver spokesman Charles “Skip” Carrier, it takes 106 + […] More »

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